Vision
The Wind Foundation for Women will provide education, experience and opportunities for women to create a better world for herself, her family and the world around her.
Mission
To provide scholarships for the women leaders of tomorrow, who pursue non-traditional roles and occupations, and to connect them with women mentors and trailblazers in these challenging and diverse careers.
Values
We have a commitment to follow through. We operate with honesty and integrity. We manage with responsible stewardship. We perform as a collaborative, ethical team. We follow our mission with compassion.
The mission of the Wind Foundation for Women (WFW) is to provide scholarships for women returning to school to pursue non-traditional roles or occupations and to connect them with women trailblazers in these industries.
Board members of the 501 (c) 3 organization include: Kathy Wilson-Chu, director of network engineering for AT&T; Mary Lou Frank Ph.D., vice president of academic affairs at Gainesville State College; Ruth King, CEO of Ribbon; Pat Koehn CFP, president of Koehn Financial Group; Barbara Rose, president of NGP Inc.; and Linda Wind, CEO of Wind Enterprises.
Advisory Board members are: Chair of the Georgia Commission on Women Nellie Duke; speaker and author Gail Evans; CEO and publisher Susan McLaughlin; attorney and author Emily B. Grigsby; and leadership consultant and executive coach Cheryl Jensen.
The new foundation presented its inaugural scholarships to Crystal Guest and Leigha Roberts at the April 2010 Possible Woman Conference in Atlanta. Guest is studying applied environmental spatial analysis and Roberts will study public health. The WFW scholarships were funded through the Emily Grigsby Scholarship Fund, sponsored by Wells Fargo, Kenny’s Great Pies, Kathy Wilson-Chu, Susan Ahern and Diana Sauvigne.
The Boards have established these values for WFW: a commitment to follow through, to operate with honesty and integrity, to manage with responsible stewardship, to perform as a collaborative, ethical team and to follow the WFW mission with compassion.
To learn more about the Wind Foundation for Women, contact Linda Wind at 972-724-3646, 770-856-4767 or linda@windenterprises.com.
